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year's recipient of the can't hurry love college scholarship, i'm currently attending university in michigan... where i'm continuing to uphold our sacred abstinence vows close to my heart. our body, our temple. [ all ] our body, our temple. now i'd like to introduce the winner of this year's scholarship. - say me. say me. - she's an upstanding young woman. ladies and gentlemen, the future of america, miss priscilla white. thank you, thank you, thank you. oh, i'm so grateful to mary margaret for her inspiration and strength.
year's recipient of the can't hurry love college scholarship, i'm currently attending university in michigan... where i'm continuing to uphold our sacred abstinence vows close to my heart. our body, our temple. [ all ] our body, our temple. now i'd like to introduce the winner of this year's scholarship. - say me. say me. - she's an upstanding young woman. ladies and gentlemen, the future of america, miss priscilla white. thank you, thank you, thank you. oh, i'm so grateful to mary margaret for...
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mitt romney won a michigan straw poll this weekend. he won ohio in july. in new hampshire he won in january. mr. santorum won his home state of pennsylvania, as well as south carolina. michele bachmann won ames, iowa. if straw polls meant winning that state, if he meant electoral college votes, these would be the standings. among the republican presidential contenders right now. maybe that's the way it is. maybe that's exactly how the republican nomination contest is going to play out. ron paul and herman cain duking it out down to the wire. if you believe that, keep using up all that shoe leather and pixels and all that breath covering republican party fund-raisers. i mean, straw polls. because of their great predictive value and all the important information they give us the presidential race. or, we could all agree to treat these things as what we all know they are. cooked-up publicity stunts to get media attention and use it as leverage to force the candidates to pander to the most manipulative and cynical activists in the political system. oh, and to
mitt romney won a michigan straw poll this weekend. he won ohio in july. in new hampshire he won in january. mr. santorum won his home state of pennsylvania, as well as south carolina. michele bachmann won ames, iowa. if straw polls meant winning that state, if he meant electoral college votes, these would be the standings. among the republican presidential contenders right now. maybe that's the way it is. maybe that's exactly how the republican nomination contest is going to play out. ron paul...
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michigan and it was the. lung. cancer. herman cain also knows there's the former c.e.o. of godfather's pizza he's going to be happy lucky that we've got an e.p.a. that checks the safety of it because if you left a private business most of us probably would be poisoned there's a reason i mean i think we can all admit that you know all these government agencies are perth and good intentions you know i mean the jungle you know we had. our food inspections because of the jungle already in the jungle and i think that's . going to various books of. the challenge is keeping these agencies from becoming too big where they control too much and that's why you know maybe i wouldn't support what herman cain said but the gist of it i do support that he is going to control at least rebuilt it's not going to determine herman cain is i just find. he is so great with the applause lines you know and he knows how to get the crowd. grew up in a. family and he worked his way up through the. night . what is this test now the reality is that you know is that herman cain is good with that line
michigan and it was the. lung. cancer. herman cain also knows there's the former c.e.o. of godfather's pizza he's going to be happy lucky that we've got an e.p.a. that checks the safety of it because if you left a private business most of us probably would be poisoned there's a reason i mean i think we can all admit that you know all these government agencies are perth and good intentions you know i mean the jungle you know we had. our food inspections because of the jungle already in the...
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. >> you mitt romney and rick perry leaving florida, heading to michigan today for a major republican conference going on there. we'll have more on the battle for florida next hour and take you live to orlando where both of those major conservative conferences are going on right now. meanwhile to the president right now, no child left behind. the obama administration saying it will immediately start reviewing applications from states that want to opt out of parts of that education plan. president obama spoke about the reasons for the change in his weekly address. >> while the goals behind no child left behind were admira e admirable, experience has taught us the law had serious flaws that are hurting our children instead of helping them. teachers are being forced to teach to the test while subjects like history and science are being squeezed out. in an order to avoid having their schools labeled as failures, some schools lowered their standards in a race to the bottom. >> president obama has an important night ahead of him. he has a speech to the congressional black caucus. the caucus
. >> you mitt romney and rick perry leaving florida, heading to michigan today for a major republican conference going on there. we'll have more on the battle for florida next hour and take you live to orlando where both of those major conservative conferences are going on right now. meanwhile to the president right now, no child left behind. the obama administration saying it will immediately start reviewing applications from states that want to opt out of parts of that education plan....
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in places like michigan and california, they are suffering from unemployment numbers that arereater than during the depths of the great depression. barack obama promise to cut the deficit in half. instead, he tripled it. now our national debt is growing at $3 million a minute. that is $4.25 billion a day. president obama, this what you call winning the future? i call it losing -- losing our country, and with it, the american dream. these americans feel that fierce urgency of now, but you feel it, sir? the tea party was born of this urgency. it ithe same sense of urgency that propelled the sons of liberty during the revolution. [applause] it is the same sense of urgency that propelled the abolitionist before the civil war and the civil ghts movement during the 20th century. the tea party movement is part of this noble american tradition. this movement is not simply a political awakening, it is an american awakening. [applause] it is coming from ordinary americans, not the politicos in the beltway. you, who grow our food, you run our small businesses, you teach our children, you fight our
in places like michigan and california, they are suffering from unemployment numbers that arereater than during the depths of the great depression. barack obama promise to cut the deficit in half. instead, he tripled it. now our national debt is growing at $3 million a minute. that is $4.25 billion a day. president obama, this what you call winning the future? i call it losing -- losing our country, and with it, the american dream. these americans feel that fierce urgency of now, but you feel...
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flames totally engulfing a car on a michigan highway. trace gallagher live from our west coast newsroom with more. >> reporter: we could have test result on this bomb at anytime now giving us very important answers about what type of device this was and what this device was actually made of and actually how it was detonated, even more important, whether the bomb was inside or outside the car. the pieces of the bomb that blew up eric chapelle's car are being examined at a lab in washington d.c. chapelle, as you said, with his two young sons going to football practice when the bomb exploded, it was all caught on cell phone video when the car exploded. chapelle called 911 as we have heard and we'll hear later on, but a nearby truck driver also called. listen to his call. >> reporter: now, aside from piecing that bomb together, investigators are also trying to figure out a motive here. eric chapelle is a business and family law attorney. police have spent a lot of time in recent days at his law firm trying to figure out if maybe a client or
flames totally engulfing a car on a michigan highway. trace gallagher live from our west coast newsroom with more. >> reporter: we could have test result on this bomb at anytime now giving us very important answers about what type of device this was and what this device was actually made of and actually how it was detonated, even more important, whether the bomb was inside or outside the car. the pieces of the bomb that blew up eric chapelle's car are being examined at a lab in washington...
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perry and romney did skip the poll in orlando to attend campaign events in michigan. a march tben against social inequality turned violent this weekend in manhattan. five people sprayed with pepper spray and 80 toted away. they ney the system unjustly benefits the rich and hurts the poor. >>> a play ground named in honor of the youngest victim in the tucson arizona shooting rampage that injured gabrielle giffords. it was dedicated saturday in tucson. the nine-year-old had aspirations of a career in politics. those are the top stories right now, shannon. back to you. >> shannon: peter, thank you very much. >>> i would say that the fact that he doesn't want to build a fence. he save gave a speech in 2001e he talked about buy national health insurance. >> have you ever even been to the border with mexico? >> yes. >> i'm surprised if you have but you weren't paying attention. >> the answer is, yes. >> the eye tina you are going to build a wall for 1200 miles and go 800 miles more to tee tijuana does not make sense. put the boots on the ground. we know how to make this wor
perry and romney did skip the poll in orlando to attend campaign events in michigan. a march tben against social inequality turned violent this weekend in manhattan. five people sprayed with pepper spray and 80 toted away. they ney the system unjustly benefits the rich and hurts the poor. >>> a play ground named in honor of the youngest victim in the tucson arizona shooting rampage that injured gabrielle giffords. it was dedicated saturday in tucson. the nine-year-old had aspirations...
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we're looking at the lake effect on the indiana michigan shoreline ... and those lakeside counties you will see some lake effect showers and wind it will be partly sunny elsewhere in the chicago land area ... we should have a gorgeous day later this weekend sunday will be wonderful in south bend and benton harbor you've@@ got waves and some like affect showers ... >>here is that warm-up that we were talking about ... this will be a welcome change after a cool september we are into wednesday and thursday we have warm weather and the big marathon is next weekend will watch the weather carefully for that ... the wind will come down by sunday for the bears game ... that southerly wind flow will warm this area ... we will go from 65 sunday to 74 on monday 76 tuesday 77 thursday and friday of next week terrific whether we deserve it it's about time ... this could qualify as indian summer for some people ... at any rate have a great weekend ... >>thank you for joining us today. we hope you have a great weekend. we will leave you with more from bob molduld he's
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perry got to michigan, he made of point of saying he does support border security. he's been criticized for opposing a complete border fence between the u.s. and mexico, saying that's really reality and not something that's practical, but he has today reemphasized his support for securing the border first as part of the overall discussion of illegal immigration that says first you secure the border and then you do comprehensive immigration reform, which would deal with a path to citizenship, dealing with guest workers, and 12 million illegal aliens living in the u.s. perry making the reference to border security first, clearly trying to address the criticism he had for his immigration positions. heather. >> heather: carl, you stay on top of it. as soon as you gets the straw poll results, let us know. thank you. >> gregg: some pretty serious questions remain today about the bankrupt solar panel maker, solyndra. lawmakers hammering top executives yesterday trying to get answers about the loan guarantee that the company received from the feds, that's you, the taxpayers
perry got to michigan, he made of point of saying he does support border security. he's been criticized for opposing a complete border fence between the u.s. and mexico, saying that's really reality and not something that's practical, but he has today reemphasized his support for securing the border first as part of the overall discussion of illegal immigration that says first you secure the border and then you do comprehensive immigration reform, which would deal with a path to citizenship,...
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also, president obama won michigan back in 2008. some really tough jobs numbers in that state as well. you mentioned the national numbers. if you look at michigan, 10.9% unemployment there. in detroit alone, the unemployment rate gets even higher. almost 16%. so those figures certainly aren't helping the president. a lot of people wondering what he's going to say today. white house officials tell me he'll be talking about the importance of the middle class to this recovery, and he will also be challenging democrats and republicans to get behind this big jobs plan that he's going to unveil on thursday. a lot of these union members have been pushing the president to go big on this jobs plan. will he? we'll have to wait until thursday to find out. but we'll be listening to see if we get a glimpse of what he's going to say on thursday today. craig. >> kristen welker at the white house for us this morning. thank you. >> reporter: thanks. >>> texas officials are calling for any and all firefighters around austin to report for duty. wildfi
also, president obama won michigan back in 2008. some really tough jobs numbers in that state as well. you mentioned the national numbers. if you look at michigan, 10.9% unemployment there. in detroit alone, the unemployment rate gets even higher. almost 16%. so those figures certainly aren't helping the president. a lot of people wondering what he's going to say today. white house officials tell me he'll be talking about the importance of the middle class to this recovery, and he will also be...
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joining us, former democratic governor of michigan jennifer granholm. republican strategist alex castellanos. white house correspondent for "the new york times," helene cooper. and senior political analyst for "time" magazine, mark halperin. >>> good morning. after a week spent taking his case on the road and urging congress to pass his jobs bill, tomorrow the president will lay out his plan to reduce the deficit. "the new york times" reporting this morning that president obama will call for a new minimum tax rate for millionaires and will dub the proposal the buffett rule in reference to billionaire warren buffett who has advocated that the superrich should pay their fair share of taxes. but what are the prospects now among republicans? what sort of plan is realistic in the midst of this election cycle? here with us for two live interviews, the republican leader of the senate, mitch mcconnell, and former president of the united states, bill clinton. leader mcconnell, let me start with you and ask you whether this president's plan on a millionaire's tax
joining us, former democratic governor of michigan jennifer granholm. republican strategist alex castellanos. white house correspondent for "the new york times," helene cooper. and senior political analyst for "time" magazine, mark halperin. >>> good morning. after a week spent taking his case on the road and urging congress to pass his jobs bill, tomorrow the president will lay out his plan to reduce the deficit. "the new york times" reporting this...
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host: dan is a republican from michigan. caller: good morning. i havthree things i want to ask you. how comethe american congress cannot get along with the canadiens long enough to take a few pointers from them on how they strain their country out -- how they straighten their country out? they have a balanced budget. they are running in the black. they have jobs. they went to way goods and services tax. i do not understand how come it's so hard for you guys on both sides of the aisle to get along and try that. what is it going to hurt? nothing is helping now. guest: we have good relations with the canadans. i have not been to canada recently. it is a great country. one difference is that we are about 300 million people and they are about 20 million people. we are a lot larger and a lot more perverse. i do think we can emulate the canadians' >> we are leaving this program to begin our live coverage of president obama's speech in from a joint session of congress about his job plan and the economy. [applause] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright n
host: dan is a republican from michigan. caller: good morning. i havthree things i want to ask you. how comethe american congress cannot get along with the canadiens long enough to take a few pointers from them on how they strain their country out -- how they straighten their country out? they have a balanced budget. they are running in the black. they have jobs. they went to way goods and services tax. i do not understand how come it's so hard for you guys on both sides of the aisle to get...
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herman cain wins the florida straw mitt romney won the michigan poll. mitt romney is leading in iowa right now. the thing that standsióg ]]wi)xwiy8÷ is the is down to 36% 46% among jewish americans, down in the black communities, lecturing the cbc. who is he reaching out to? >> down with hispanics every demographic that elected him. ceos blasting him.xélz#iñ:ú the votes. >> sean: dead on arrival. >> he's in trouble. >> herman cain is only one of the republican candidates that has a reasonable job plan to reform the tax code. huntsman does get elected. cain has some good answers. >> sean: all oféeqb&ub,÷e9óo that's how canada has gotten better right? all of them will repeal obama care, every candidate. all want to cut taxes, that we'll rein in government spending and bureaucracy. so all of them are sort of agreeing on the big points. >> right. what they lack is what andrea is an inclusive plan. you're right the president is at or below 40%. his poll;c!$k a :c[9!
herman cain wins the florida straw mitt romney won the michigan poll. mitt romney is leading in iowa right now. the thing that standsióg ]]wi)xwiy8÷ is the is down to 36% 46% among jewish americans, down in the black communities, lecturing the cbc. who is he reaching out to? >> down with hispanics every demographic that elected him. ceos blasting him.xélz#iñ:ú the votes. >> sean: dead on arrival. >> he's in trouble. >> herman cain is only one of the republican...
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. >>> bank robbers in michigan barrelled down the road, attempting to avoid police in a rental truck. the suspects weaved through traffic, tossing money from the truck as police pursued. officers retrieved some of the cash before ending the chase and arresting two men. >>> in the nation's capital in what looked like a scene from a hollywood action movie a team of specialists repelled down the washington monument wednesday to i spect the damage done to the 550-foot marble structure by last month's earthquake. they hope to announce a timetable by mid-october for repairing and reopening the monument. >>> and finally, in maryland, two pot-pellied pigs are no longer free to roam. the former house pets were collared in a park by animal control officers who feared the pigs were malnourished and in danger of being hurt. the animals are now living in a shelter until someone comes forward to adopt them. >>> for a look at your national and regional weather domenica davis from wnbc 4 new york. she has your forecast. good morning to you, domenica. >> good morning to you. the beat or heat goes on i
. >>> bank robbers in michigan barrelled down the road, attempting to avoid police in a rental truck. the suspects weaved through traffic, tossing money from the truck as police pursued. officers retrieved some of the cash before ending the chase and arresting two men. >>> in the nation's capital in what looked like a scene from a hollywood action movie a team of specialists repelled down the washington monument wednesday to i spect the damage done to the 550-foot marble...
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former michigan governor jennifer granholm, and republican strategist alex castellanos. also here, helene cooper of "the new york times." and "time" magazine's mark halperin. after this brief commercial break. [ kristy ] my mom is well...weird. she won't eat eggs without hot sauce. she has kind of funny looking toes. she's always touching my hair. and she does this dancing finger thing. [ male announcer ] with advanced technology from ge, now doctors can diagnose diseases like breast cancer on a cellular level. so that women, like kristy's mom, can get personalized treatment that's as unique as she is. [ kristy ] she's definitely not like other moms. yeah, my mom is pretty weird. ♪ the world needs more energy. where's it going to come from? ♪ that's why right here, in australia, chevron is building one of the biggest natural gas projects in the world. enough power for a city the size of singapore for 50 years. what's it going to do to the planet? natural gas is the cleanest conventional fuel there is. we've got to be smart about this. it's a smart way to go. ♪ this
former michigan governor jennifer granholm, and republican strategist alex castellanos. also here, helene cooper of "the new york times." and "time" magazine's mark halperin. after this brief commercial break. [ kristy ] my mom is well...weird. she won't eat eggs without hot sauce. she has kind of funny looking toes. she's always touching my hair. and she does this dancing finger thing. [ male announcer ] with advanced technology from ge, now doctors can diagnose diseases...
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the gentleman from michigan. mr. camp: mr. speaker, i'm prepared to close at this point. if the gentleman has no further speakers. mr. mcdermott: mr. speaker, i have no other speakers so i will close on our side. i expect this bill will pass in five minutes. without a vote against it. this bill could be law by tomorrow at noon if the senate would act and i hope that my colleagues on the other side will do as we will do on this side, contact our colleagues in the senate and ask them this time, put it up and move it. now, if they don't all you can say is this was a trial balloon we put up in the air and we found out the senate was asleep or dysfunctional or i don't know what would you put on it, they have to act on this if they're serious about a trade agenda for this country. and i hope that we can make it happen for the american worker. thank you. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from michigan. mr. camp: thank you. i yield myself such time as i
the gentleman from michigan. mr. camp: mr. speaker, i'm prepared to close at this point. if the gentleman has no further speakers. mr. mcdermott: mr. speaker, i have no other speakers so i will close on our side. i expect this bill will pass in five minutes. without a vote against it. this bill could be law by tomorrow at noon if the senate would act and i hope that my colleagues on the other side will do as we will do on this side, contact our colleagues in the senate and ask them this time,...
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it comes from ian mcdonald of michigan who says he has a health problem. >> hi, i'm a student and i have a chronic heart condition. for me, and those like me, the democrats' health care reform, allowing us to stay on our parents' insurance longer was a god . if were you elected, -- would you repeal in reform? if so, are we supposed to pray really hard that our ailments don't prevent us from going to class? >> governor, what about provisions that ian talks about? the one that allows kids to stay on their parents' policies until they were 26, not limiting coverage for preexisting conditions. president obama says the only way that insurance companies can afford to provide those kinds of reforms is with the individual mandate where they get a lot of new customers. >> when i hear this discussion, i think of my daughter elizabeth who is sitting on the front row who suffers from juvenile diabetes. i also am reminded we are fundamentally approaching health care reform the wrong way. this one trillion dollar bomb that obamacare means to this country over 10 years is creating such uncertainty in t
it comes from ian mcdonald of michigan who says he has a health problem. >> hi, i'm a student and i have a chronic heart condition. for me, and those like me, the democrats' health care reform, allowing us to stay on our parents' insurance longer was a god . if were you elected, -- would you repeal in reform? if so, are we supposed to pray really hard that our ailments don't prevent us from going to class? >> governor, what about provisions that ian talks about? the one that allows...
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. >>> from newbury, michigan, 99-year-old george harris received his diploma. the state only got around to giving him the sheep skin. he says he hopes his story inspires younger people to stay in school. >>> just minutes ago, the chairman of the joints chief of staff accused pakistan's intelligence service of helping a terrorist group and its mission to kill americans. the group recently attacked the u.s. embassy in afghanistan and our barbara starr takes a closer look. >> cnn has learned that the cia and pentagon agreed last year that the spy agency would step arm drone attacks inside pakistan against a terrorist network known as the h ara send fighters across the border of afghanistan to kill american troops and attack high profile targets like the u.s. embassy in kabul. it began after general petraeus went to the cia for help acco according to a senior u.s. official. u.s. troops cannot cross into pakistan. cia drones for now are the only way to get to ha qa ni strong held. the obama administration has pushed to go after the stronghold to no avail. now, u.s.
. >>> from newbury, michigan, 99-year-old george harris received his diploma. the state only got around to giving him the sheep skin. he says he hopes his story inspires younger people to stay in school. >>> just minutes ago, the chairman of the joints chief of staff accused pakistan's intelligence service of helping a terrorist group and its mission to kill americans. the group recently attacked the u.s. embassy in afghanistan and our barbara starr takes a closer look....
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one in florida, one in michigan, and mackinaw island. we'll see. can ron paul sweep them both? that's it for "the daily rundown." have a great weekend. coming up, "jansing and co." and at 1:00, don't miss "andrea mitchell reports." bye-bye. somewhere in america, a city comes to life. it moves effortlessly, breathes easily. it flows with clean water. it makes its skyline greener and its population healthier. all to become the kind of city people want to live and work in. somewhere in america, we've already answered some of the nation's toughest questions. and the over sixty thousand people of siemens are ready to do it again. siemens. answers. [ coughing continues ] [ gasping ] [ elevator bell dings, coughing continues ] [ female announcer ] congress can't ignore the facts: more air pollution means more childhood asthma attacks. [ coughing continues ] log on to lungusa.org and tell washington: don't weaken the clean air act. this is not how witness protection works! when we set you up with that little hardware store we didn't intend for your face to be everywhere. but fedex offi
one in florida, one in michigan, and mackinaw island. we'll see. can ron paul sweep them both? that's it for "the daily rundown." have a great weekend. coming up, "jansing and co." and at 1:00, don't miss "andrea mitchell reports." bye-bye. somewhere in america, a city comes to life. it moves effortlessly, breathes easily. it flows with clean water. it makes its skyline greener and its population healthier. all to become the kind of city people want to live and...
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the gentleman from michigan. mr. levin: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. levin: madam speaker, we should not even be considering this resolution. i repeat, we should not even be considering this resolution. we should be moving forward, not backwards. this resolution is a dangerous distraction from the unprecedented challenge before us. 14 million americans are looking for work, 14 million. the census bureau reported just yesterday that the poverty rate is higher than it's been in 17 years. 17 years. and median income in this country is at 1996 levels. 1996 levels. the president has proposed a job bill that one knowledgeable observer, mark zandi, estimates would create 1.9 million new jobs and add two percente points to g.d.p. growth next year. we need action to spur economic growth and job creation. that's what we should be considering today. instead through this resolution republicans want to prolong the agony of theebt limit debate and take us back
the gentleman from michigan. mr. levin: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. levin: madam speaker, we should not even be considering this resolution. i repeat, we should not even be considering this resolution. we should be moving forward, not backwards. this resolution is a dangerous distraction from the unprecedented challenge before us. 14 million americans are looking for work, 14 million. the census bureau reported just...
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host: dave is a republican from michigan. caller: good morning. yes, the speech sunday -- contained a lot of deficit spending, just like obama always believed in. i am an engineer and i did the calculation of drilling 200 oilwells which, by the way, obama promised he would drill during the election. in anwar and the gulf, it it would be enough money to pay off the national debt in one year. why doesn't obama proposed that? just have the oil companies drill oil and the nation would not have any problem. that is my comment. host: the editorial director of huffingtonpost.com, this is his take. obama puts passion into jobs speech rarely seen in his presidency. that is from aol- huffingtonpost.com. sterling, virginia. caller: what i loved about the speech is he reminded us of how we got to be the great country that we are. we provided opportunities to the middle class that and not only allowed us to grow as human beings but grow our economy. and what i see happening or what i worry about the outcome of this speech is that the republicans in their thirs
host: dave is a republican from michigan. caller: good morning. yes, the speech sunday -- contained a lot of deficit spending, just like obama always believed in. i am an engineer and i did the calculation of drilling 200 oilwells which, by the way, obama promised he would drill during the election. in anwar and the gulf, it it would be enough money to pay off the national debt in one year. why doesn't obama proposed that? just have the oil companies drill oil and the nation would not have any...
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there are cities in michigan -- oh, shut up. [ cheers and applause ] >> you know, firing those air traffic controllers, i'm pro union, was what sent the word to moscow this guy was real. >> yeah. >> i absolutely know that as a fact. they got over there and said he's got steel in his spine, look out. i think when i met reagan one time, i was working for speaker o'neill and weren't exactly in friendly territory. i felt i was meeting jimmy cagney, not jimmy stewart. a little tough guy from the street, you've got it. it's what people like in the fighter they got on their side. >> if you look at opening of the debate last night when they paraded the seven dwarves and the candidates come out. perry's body, his chest is stuck out, he's like this. he's ready for a fight, and i just think republicans, they don't -- the mitt romney, doesn't matter what he says. romney did a great job last night. >> yeah. >> and when romney tries to fight, kind of like when obama tries to fight, it's not who he is. once again, who is the one republican president of the last several decades that didn't make a deep con
there are cities in michigan -- oh, shut up. [ cheers and applause ] >> you know, firing those air traffic controllers, i'm pro union, was what sent the word to moscow this guy was real. >> yeah. >> i absolutely know that as a fact. they got over there and said he's got steel in his spine, look out. i think when i met reagan one time, i was working for speaker o'neill and weren't exactly in friendly territory. i felt i was meeting jimmy cagney, not jimmy stewart. a little...
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the gentleman from michigan. mr. conyers: mr. speaker, i rise to claim as much time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. conyers: i begin by congratulating howard coble, north carolina senior member of the judiciary committee, who is the sponsor of this bill and agree with him entirely. it was reported by our committee by voice vote and no amendment, his explanation is thorough and i appreciate his inclination for detail which had us make this important modification of appeal time clarification and i would at this point, mr. speaker, submit my statement for the record and yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered and the gentleman from michigan yields the balance of his time. the gentleman from north carolina. mr. coble: i thank my friend from michigan for his kind words. thank you, john. and, mr. speaker, i also yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: all time having been yielded, the question is will the house suspend the
the gentleman from michigan. mr. conyers: mr. speaker, i rise to claim as much time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. conyers: i begin by congratulating howard coble, north carolina senior member of the judiciary committee, who is the sponsor of this bill and agree with him entirely. it was reported by our committee by voice vote and no amendment, his explanation is thorough and i appreciate his inclination for detail which had us make this important...
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a michigan grander? >> i am. >> check out "the new york times" a story about why chris christie is for romney and perry if he were to run. >> my shameless plug to my friends at politico. a friend of mine said your mom is part of the media elite wn i did the introduction. >> that's for yous in jones. that's it for this edition of "the dilly rundown." coming up next, chris jansing will speak to corey booker, the newark mayer. then at 1:00 "andrea mitchell reports." [ male announcer ] do you know how you will react when someone changes lanes without warning? or when you're distracted? when you're falling asleep at the wheel? do you know how you'll react? lexus can now precisely test the most unpredictable variable in a car -- the driver. when you pursue perfection, you don't just engineer the world's most advanced driving simulator. you engineer amazing. ♪ ♪ [ multiple sounds making melodic tune ] ♪ [ male announcer ] at northrop grumman, every innovation, every solution, comes together for a single p
a michigan grander? >> i am. >> check out "the new york times" a story about why chris christie is for romney and perry if he were to run. >> my shameless plug to my friends at politico. a friend of mine said your mom is part of the media elite wn i did the introduction. >> that's for yous in jones. that's it for this edition of "the dilly rundown." coming up next, chris jansing will speak to corey booker, the newark mayer. then at 1:00 "andrea...
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battle creek, michigan. you are on the "washington journal." guest: i wonder how we protect the people like the lady who was manufacturing the aprons and then someone stole her idea. how do we publicize the name of her company so that we can give our business to her? guest: good question. the nice thing about the internet, social media, twitter -- right now, as we speak, there is a whole side conversation going on where the real information about what is going on with entrepreneurs can go out. we are at @leanstartup at all times on twitter. a startup is not an idea. a startup is an organization that creates a product under conditions that we call extreme uncertainty. it is not just having a great idea. it is a kind of management, a special kind for these new, innovative products. host: our last call for eric comes from colorado springs, colorado. caller: when i went to school, they said that more than 80% of small businesses fail in the first year. it's not going to lead to a lot of unpaid loans -- isn't that going to lead to a lot of unpaid lo
battle creek, michigan. you are on the "washington journal." guest: i wonder how we protect the people like the lady who was manufacturing the aprons and then someone stole her idea. how do we publicize the name of her company so that we can give our business to her? guest: good question. the nice thing about the internet, social media, twitter -- right now, as we speak, there is a whole side conversation going on where the real information about what is going on with entrepreneurs...
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hoffa warmed up a massive crowd of people in detroit, michigan just before president obama took the stage to give a labor day speech. detroit is one of the main fronts on the american worker. hoffa fights the battle avenue single day in this country. he nailed the tea party where it hurts. >> we face a war on workers. and you see it everywhere, it is the tea party. and you know there's only one way to beat and win that war. the one thing about working people is, we like a good fight. and you know what, they got a war, they got a war with us, and it's only going to be one where -- it's the workers of michigan and america. we're going to win that war. >> president obama, this is your army, we are ready to march. let's take these sons of bitches out and give america back to americans where we belong. >> this is just ed talking, i think he's spot on. tea party played a major role in electing governors like scott walker and rick kasich. they have been on a tear, to cripple middle class, with spending cuts and anti-union legislation that came out of nowhere. nobody's been crying for it. this ha
hoffa warmed up a massive crowd of people in detroit, michigan just before president obama took the stage to give a labor day speech. detroit is one of the main fronts on the american worker. hoffa fights the battle avenue single day in this country. he nailed the tea party where it hurts. >> we face a war on workers. and you see it everywhere, it is the tea party. and you know there's only one way to beat and win that war. the one thing about working people is, we like a good fight. and...
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i've got the largest -- the plurality of the tea party votes in michigan. that's probably true in new hampshire, as well. and the polls aren't accurate at this stage, but i'm getting good support, and i've got a lot of very conservative folks supporting me and people more towards the middle and across the spectrum. >> you know, eric erickson, red state, obviously conservative website. eric writes this, and you hear a lot of chattering out there from conservatives who say at the end of the day, it's glaringly clear that romney is not one of us. talking about the conservatives. and he isn't the best candidate for this position. as rick perry said the night before, he's obama-like, but we need something to articulate the case against. he finished by saying romney fired more people than he hired in the private sector. let's start with the last charge first and go back to the bigger question about you and the conservative movement. did you fire more people than you hired in the private sector? >> i'm afraid he's only off by maybe tens of thousands, maybe over 10
i've got the largest -- the plurality of the tea party votes in michigan. that's probably true in new hampshire, as well. and the polls aren't accurate at this stage, but i'm getting good support, and i've got a lot of very conservative folks supporting me and people more towards the middle and across the spectrum. >> you know, eric erickson, red state, obviously conservative website. eric writes this, and you hear a lot of chattering out there from conservatives who say at the end of the...
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mayor of michigan. she points out you can read more from the a section today of the "new york times" h we're asking about the tax something that tp is going to be talking about tomorrow in a rose garden ceremony covering the event in which he's going to outline specifically how to pay for this $447 billion package that the president outlined in general terms in his speech before a joint session of congress as we said at the top of the program the president is going to be back in ohio again this week. he was in columbus, ohio last week, he will be in cincinnati this week talking about a bridge that needs to be repaired saying that under this plan that bridge would be fixed. of course there is a political connection to all of this because ohio the home state of the speaker of the house john boehner and the bridge connects to covington, kentucky, which is the home state of the republican leader in the u.s. senate mitch mcconnell. joining us from queens, new york. welcome to the conversation. independent li
mayor of michigan. she points out you can read more from the a section today of the "new york times" h we're asking about the tax something that tp is going to be talking about tomorrow in a rose garden ceremony covering the event in which he's going to outline specifically how to pay for this $447 billion package that the president outlined in general terms in his speech before a joint session of congress as we said at the top of the program the president is going to be back in ohio...
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they republican in michigan. are republicans in michigan. caller: i think we need to change the tactics. these are the tactics used in japan. two nuclear weapons and the whole country surrendered unconditionally. the use of tactical weapons in this camp, if it had been a nuclear bomb six years ago, it would not be operating at all, ever. host: let's talk about the point of switching tactics. guest: u.s. forces are fighting a counter insurgency, whawhich is very different from what the calller mentioned. this character insurgency warfare places a premium of the current population centers. women over the local population with the element projects. and with resources and showing them what the government can do to bring the resources. the problem with this area is the previous commander made the decision to pull out of some of these smaller outposts in the area. he said why don't we concentrate on the population centers? we've seen what has happened with the smaller outposts being overrun with taliban forces. so they did, and i think the soldier
they republican in michigan. are republicans in michigan. caller: i think we need to change the tactics. these are the tactics used in japan. two nuclear weapons and the whole country surrendered unconditionally. the use of tactical weapons in this camp, if it had been a nuclear bomb six years ago, it would not be operating at all, ever. host: let's talk about the point of switching tactics. guest: u.s. forces are fighting a counter insurgency, whawhich is very different from what the calller...
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class, and harder for people as you know, what i definitely want you to address, i was as a forum in michigan saying you've got to cut taxes to provide jobs. bill clinton raised taxes, and bill clinton was able to produce 23.6 million jobs, and he taxed the rich. george bush gave the rich tax cuts in his eight years, we only got 3 millionmple mathematics. how do you have a difference of 20.1 million jobs and people can't figure out that taxing the rich does not equal to not producing jobs. >> that says it all. that 22, 23 million jobs in a balanced budget, you didn't even add that, and wages went up during the clinton years. during the bush years, two big tax cuts, a giveaway to the drug and insurance companies, not to mention two warring and no real job growth. clearly just looking at a bit of history this trickle-down economic -- it simply doesn't work. we need a fair tax system. we need to invest in the way the president wants to. you're dead right. >> well, senator brown, thank you for your time. >> thank you, al. >> you keep fighting. >> thank you. >> from the suites to the streets, we c
class, and harder for people as you know, what i definitely want you to address, i was as a forum in michigan saying you've got to cut taxes to provide jobs. bill clinton raised taxes, and bill clinton was able to produce 23.6 million jobs, and he taxed the rich. george bush gave the rich tax cuts in his eight years, we only got 3 millionmple mathematics. how do you have a difference of 20.1 million jobs and people can't figure out that taxing the rich does not equal to not producing jobs....
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the gentleman from michigan. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i am very pleased to see that we are having proper oversight. it is my hope that as the go forward, if the majority has evidence of wrongdoing, they will present it to us so they can -- so we can take action. solyndra first applied in 2006 when president bush was still in office is that correct? >> yes, sir. i understand that you have people that work would then allow an office and do the due diligence. are these people political appointees? >> no, sir. >> they are career. >> and analysts and advisers. >> >> is it your assessment that it was awarded based upon the project proposal and not on any political influence? you are under oath. >> to the best of my knowledge, yes. >> ok. non-political career department of energy employees recommended a timetable to ward's solyndra a guaranteed loan. >> the career staff identified the time frame after having brought it forward in the first credit committee and produced at that time, yes. >> let's fast-forward to the year 2010 when solyndra appr
the gentleman from michigan. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i am very pleased to see that we are having proper oversight. it is my hope that as the go forward, if the majority has evidence of wrongdoing, they will present it to us so they can -- so we can take action. solyndra first applied in 2006 when president bush was still in office is that correct? >> yes, sir. i understand that you have people that work would then allow an office and do the due diligence. are these people...
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researchers from the university of michigan found that workers who took just a ten minute break to observe trees and flowers even in photographs saw the memory and attention span jump many by 20%. >> your body is made for motion, not for keeping frozen posture for long periods of time. >> and if you are a closet internet surfer a study from the university of singapore will thrill you. occasional breaks like this will make you more productive when you get back to work. just remember to get back to work. >> that is the tough part, getting back to work. i will punch out for the next three minutes and let larry do some. >> when she says occasional zoneout period she is talking about four or five hours. >> right. >> is that what she means? >> that is the way we roll in the sports department. work place environment. the giants work place changed a lot today. two veterans on the way out. also on the way out, this ball hit by pablo sandoval. could the giants finally end the losing? nap ti our planes start flying when it's dark. and they don't stop flying until it's dark again. flying all day, ever
researchers from the university of michigan found that workers who took just a ten minute break to observe trees and flowers even in photographs saw the memory and attention span jump many by 20%. >> your body is made for motion, not for keeping frozen posture for long periods of time. >> and if you are a closet internet surfer a study from the university of singapore will thrill you. occasional breaks like this will make you more productive when you get back to work. just remember...
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first up, a caller from detroit, michigan. good morning. go ahead. caller: good morning. first off, i want to say thank you for reading two of my tweets earlier. that was nice. host: a tweet and a phone call. caller: i know, right? i wanted to ask, what happened to the cartoons? to the cartoons? you used to do cartoons. can you bring the cartoons back? host: certainly. thanks for the call. missouri. open phones. go ahead. caller: hi. i hope that the republicans will bring up during the debate and in dialogue about the wasted stimulus money, where the money went, how many jobs it actually created when obama gave that green energy $500 million a year ago that is now bankrupt. i want to know where that $500 million went. also, for them to do green energy in other countries, for instance the solar energy in foreign countries. we need to find out what happened to all those trillions trillions of stimulus money and what jobs they actually created. >> host: caller from merietta, georgia. go ahead. caller: what i find consistently from the politicians that represent themselves on
first up, a caller from detroit, michigan. good morning. go ahead. caller: good morning. first off, i want to say thank you for reading two of my tweets earlier. that was nice. host: a tweet and a phone call. caller: i know, right? i wanted to ask, what happened to the cartoons? to the cartoons? you used to do cartoons. can you bring the cartoons back? host: certainly. thanks for the call. missouri. open phones. go ahead. caller: hi. i hope that the republicans will bring up during the debate...
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environment in a state that has lost more jobs in the last 10 years than any state scepter california and michigan. we are working to -- create an environment where we are open for business, where recollections make sense. where our taxes are low where we begin to train people for jobs that exist. >> sean: you are not going to raid gibson guitar in your state? >> i was an used by people in kentucky of wanting to steal their jobs. guess what? they are right. i'm going everywhere i can in america to make ohio work better. >> sean: these numbers are frightening. 46.2 million americans in poverty. >> unbelievable. one out of every children in poverty in my state. >> sean: child poverty rose to 22% in country. 22% of kids live in poverty. you go through these numbers. african-american unemployment, teenage unemployment nearly 50%. what has barack obama done? >> take dodd-frank this bill on bank regulation. 5,000 new regulations coming out. talking about raising taxes, busting the budget. what businesses do, remember i was in business for 10 years. they say we don't understand the regulations that are c
environment in a state that has lost more jobs in the last 10 years than any state scepter california and michigan. we are working to -- create an environment where we are open for business, where recollections make sense. where our taxes are low where we begin to train people for jobs that exist. >> sean: you are not going to raid gibson guitar in your state? >> i was an used by people in kentucky of wanting to steal their jobs. guess what? they are right. i'm going everywhere i...
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host: thank you for your call from michigan. let's listen to governor romney and rick perry sparing about jobs. >> governor romney left the private sector. he did a great job of creating jobs around the world. when he moved that experience to government, he had one of the lowest job creation rates in the country. his public sector record did not match his private sector record. we created more jobs in the last four months in texas than he has in the last four years. >> i disagree with that. texas is a great state. no state tax. they have a lot of oil and gas in the ground. governor perry doesn't believe he created those things. it would be like al gore saying he invented the internet. host: back to your calls. independent. you are on the air. caller: last night's debate was a joke. this was all planned to stimulate an increased hope for rick perry. i watched chris matthews the last few weeks. it's disgusting what the political arena of broadcasters are doing. the questions just weren't right. the only one that spoke well to me w
host: thank you for your call from michigan. let's listen to governor romney and rick perry sparing about jobs. >> governor romney left the private sector. he did a great job of creating jobs around the world. when he moved that experience to government, he had one of the lowest job creation rates in the country. his public sector record did not match his private sector record. we created more jobs in the last four months in texas than he has in the last four years. >> i disagree...
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we've been publishing the michigan bulletin for 17 years here, and my dad is one of those people who are remembered as a kid used to go down south and he would bring people up in the car. he would drive down and he would pick up some of the guys out of alabama. they're still here in the community and they are like me, their kids are first generation from the south and their kids kids are now here. i really appreciate that you hide light of that type of thing. .. >> caller: do we stay and try to reto our institutions, do we restack the churches, do we come out with our own measures and demand this community make the adjustment for us and fight for our place here in the sun? >> host: all right, lansing, thank you so much. >> guest: it's my belief that this great migration that occur inside the 20th century was a water shed event that helped bring us to a point where legalized caste system as it had existed for so long, for three or four generations, was no longer legally on the books. that was a major change in our history. the next migration or the next journey, i believe, has to be s
we've been publishing the michigan bulletin for 17 years here, and my dad is one of those people who are remembered as a kid used to go down south and he would bring people up in the car. he would drive down and he would pick up some of the guys out of alabama. they're still here in the community and they are like me, their kids are first generation from the south and their kids kids are now here. i really appreciate that you hide light of that type of thing. .. >> caller: do we stay and...
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. >> alisyn: and that's in michigan, they will. >> dave: they'll have their straw poll. and you can imagine mitt romney, his dad was governor there and has a lot of experience in the state of michigan. but who knows? >> and a track record how well he did in 2008 against john mccain. >> alisyn: still a fluid situation. we have more news for you, a fox news alert. two americans among those killed in a tragic plane crash in nepal. carrying 19 people, it crashed while trying to land in heavy fog. all 19 were killed. the two americans have been identified as andrew wade and natalie milen, buddha airlines turbo prp plane went down in a village outside of kathmandu, it was thereafter a trip to mt. everest. two hikers in prison in iran have left oman and are on the way back to the u.s. they're expected sometime this afternoon. also on board that flight is shara shourd the third hiker released last year, grupt was detained in iran more than two years after accused of being spies. we told you about the saudi man with a stun gun and we have a picture of the weapons. they include a
. >> alisyn: and that's in michigan, they will. >> dave: they'll have their straw poll. and you can imagine mitt romney, his dad was governor there and has a lot of experience in the state of michigan. but who knows? >> and a track record how well he did in 2008 against john mccain. >> alisyn: still a fluid situation. we have more news for you, a fox news alert. two americans among those killed in a tragic plane crash in nepal. carrying 19 people, it crashed while trying...
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district is not a be-- >> if you can't win in the heart of new york city, how are you going to win in michigan and colorado -- >> if you look at the record the last couple years democrats won the majority of the special elections. it didn't mean nothing to us in 2010. i think we put too much weight on that one district. and in the end the president, look -- this is where james is right. the president and the white house, they're going to have to do a better job of communicating. clearly republicans have been winning the communication battle. i don't think there's a democrat in town who argue that they haven't been. >> quinnipiac poll out today, virginia one of the states the president won. everyone said, wow, the democrats won virginia. disapproval now, 54%. 40%. even california, look, the president is going to carry california unless everything goes south in november 2012. for the first time his approval rating in california is under 50%. 46%. so james, i think you're saying look at these numbers and mr. president even if you think you're right on the policy, you have to do something? >> well
district is not a be-- >> if you can't win in the heart of new york city, how are you going to win in michigan and colorado -- >> if you look at the record the last couple years democrats won the majority of the special elections. it didn't mean nothing to us in 2010. i think we put too much weight on that one district. and in the end the president, look -- this is where james is right. the president and the white house, they're going to have to do a better job of communicating....
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really exciting, chrysler just announced they're going to build the maserati right here in detroit michigan for skport around the world. the ford explorer is going to be exported around the world. the chevy volt, both those chevy volts can be sold in europe. we're making vehicles for export. >> how wrong were the republicans who opposed it. >> well, it was crazy. it's just -- they don't care about american workers. they don't care about the middle class, they just want to get more tax breaks to the wealthiest corporations. president obama and the democrats against all the polls, they stood up to the american worker. they stood up to the american companies and look at the succe success. they were right. let's stay with them. let's support them and do right for america. creating more jobs for america. >> you're in negotiation right now for a new contract. will your union be with you if you make a deal with the big three? >> you know, they're complicated issues. there are always major hurdles in negotiations. we've worked through much tougher issues, much tougher times with these companies. we
really exciting, chrysler just announced they're going to build the maserati right here in detroit michigan for skport around the world. the ford explorer is going to be exported around the world. the chevy volt, both those chevy volts can be sold in europe. we're making vehicles for export. >> how wrong were the republicans who opposed it. >> well, it was crazy. it's just -- they don't care about american workers. they don't care about the middle class, they just want to get more...
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the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from michigan. mr. levin: i yield myself 30 seconds. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. levin: i want to say to the gentleman from texas, i disagree with his position but i respect it. . i can understand those who voted no will now vote yes. what is not understandable is that those on the republican side who voted yes now voting no. i now yield four minutes to our distinguished whip, mr. steny hoyer from the proud state of maryland. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from maryland is recognized for four minutes. mr. hoyer: i thank the gentleman for yielding. the previous speaker voted to go deeply into debt. frankly, i voted for some of those programs myself. two which were to support the efforts in afghanistan and iraq. we didn't pay for them. as has been said, i didn't vote for it initial, but i think it's a -- initially, but i think it's a good program. we made it better. the prescription drug program, the gentleman wasn't here when we passed tha but we didn't pay for it. a
the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from michigan. mr. levin: i yield myself 30 seconds. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. levin: i want to say to the gentleman from texas, i disagree with his position but i respect it. . i can understand those who voted no will now vote yes. what is not understandable is that those on the republican side who voted yes now voting no. i now yield four minutes to our distinguished whip, mr. steny hoyer from the proud state of maryland....